Chapter 93

"Right, the Einhorn Princess. She was reborn in this world from the same world as my previous life."

"Oh, is that so?"

Hedda raised her hand and asked a question.

"From the way you put it, Sir Albert, does that mean there isn't just one other world?"

"Yeah, that's right. Think about it, okay?"

"Other worlds, as the name suggests, are different worlds. If I were to explain in detail, it would take a long time, so let me use a simple analogy. Think of fruits. What kinds of fruits are there?"

"Grapes."

"Apples, too."

"Oranges as well."

"Exactly. Just as there are many types of fruits, there are many different worlds. For example, a world where humans don't exist, a world where animals don't exist, a world without magic, a world without magical beasts. All these different worlds are collectively called 'other worlds.'"

"Even though there are many other worlds, you're saying that the Einhorn Princess lived in the same world as the one where you were born before, correct?"

Hedda was the first to understand.

"That's right. However, we didn't know each other in that world. We were complete strangers."

This explanation is still within the realm of acceptability. It's a bit mysterious, but if there's magic, sorcery, dragons, and gods, then it's not so far-fetched.

The problem is what comes next.

"The Einhorn Princess says that this world is the same as the story she loved reading in her previous world."

At my words, everyone now looked as if they were wondering what I was talking about. I get it. In the other world, reincarnation into the world of games or light novels is a common trope, but in this world, it's more like, "What are you talking about?"

"I haven't read that story, but the general plot is about a certain count's daughter, the heroine, who, after her father remarries, has a stepmother and a half-sister."

From there, I told everyone the story as I had heard it from the Einhorn Princess.

The story has four chapters. Chapter one is about the heroine's unfortunate times, chapter two is about events at the academy, chapter three is about the resolution with her love rival, and chapter four is about what happens after chapter three. The Einhorn Princess has only read up to the beginning of chapter four and doesn't know what happens next. This story is a love story between the unfortunate heroine and the crown prince Ryugen. The names of the kingdom and the characters are the same, but the personalities of the characters, especially the crown prince, differ.

The Einhorn Princess is the love rival in the story who bullies the heroine and is executed for causing chaos in the Lav Kingdom. To avoid this, she stayed away from me, which led to the rumors.

After I explained this, Nebel and Hilt had a hard time expressing their thoughts, and Hedda silently sipped her tea.

"Are you saying that because this world is similar to the story, you thought you would become the same as the characters in the story?"

Nebel softened the phrasing.

"Sort of, half of it."

"Half?"

"Actually, in that world, there was a popular story that was a bit different. It was a story where the roles of the characters in the story were reversed."

It's a story that challenges the Cinderella narrative, but since there's no 'Cinderella' story in this world, it might be confusing to say 'Cinderella.'

"Let's say there's a story about a prince and a town girl falling in love. The story is about the prince and the town girl falling in love, but the prince has a childhood fiancée who, out of jealousy, tries to bully the town girl and prevent her from seeing the prince. In the end, the prince stops the fiancée from killing the town girl, exposes her evil deeds to a crowd, breaks off the engagement, and the prince and the town girl live happily ever after, the end."

"That's a rather flawed story, isn't it?"

I agreed with Hedda's sarcastic tone.

"Yeah. But isn't that what stories are like? Since the theme is a love story between people of different social statuses, the content is full of convenient plot devices. And such stories are very popular among women, don't you think?"

Hilt thought for a moment and then recalled something.

"Although I prefer adventure stories to love stories and don't read many of them, I can understand that the young ladies I know do indeed enjoy such romances."

Maybe my example wasn't the best, but stories about breaking off engagements are generally aimed at women.

"Since it's just an example, please hear me out. As the story of the prince and the town girl became popular, some readers began to think, 'Isn't the fiancée not so bad?'"

When I said this, Hedda's expression clearly agreed, and Hilt, as a noble lady, nodded in agreement.

"I understand your point, Hilt and Hedda. If the prince has a fiancée, it's usually due to some political arrangement, not because of love. And since it's an engagement with the prince, the fiancée must be a noble lady from at least a count's family."

"Of course."

"Right, realistically speaking, it's obvious. But the story of the prince and the town girl, being so full of convenient plot devices, might make some readers think that it overlooks the noble customs and political arrangements. After such stories of love between people of different social statuses became popular, stories from the fiancée's perspective began to gain popularity."

At this point, Hedda's interest was piqued.

"The story of the prince and the town girl. The biggest obstacle for the prince and the town girl is the prince's fiancée. The story I'm about to tell is about the prince's fiancée, who was reborn from another world."

Hedda, who had been looking uninterested, now began to look more and more excited.

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